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A Patented Aug., 4, 1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN 4GAl'tltIAGrE--GUR'I'i/tlhl FASTENER.

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: l

Be it known that I, HENRY E. POND, of Franklin, in the county of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Fastening-Device for the Curtains of Wheeled Vehicles; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specificationand in which- Figurel is aperspective view, and

Figure 2 a vertical section of my invention.

This invention is intended to obviate the objections incident to the present mode of fastening the lower ends and sides of the curtains of carriages or'wheeled vehicles, such objectionsrbeing the tearing. away and destruction of the parts of the curtain surrounding thc button-hole; another advantagegained by the use of my invention being the impossibility of the curtain becoming accidentally unfastened.

The invention consists in applyingto the outer surface of the curtain, and at proper or'desirable points, a metallic plate, containing a sliding bolt, such bolt looking or' shutting into or through a horizontal stud, secured to one ofthe parts of the carriage-top, a hole being made in the metallic plate for passage of' the stud,

and the inneror opposite surface of the curtain provided with a strengthening-plate, they whole `being as hereinafter explained. v

In the-drawings accompanying this specification, and illustrating my invention,l the lower portion or corner of the curtain of a carriage is denoted by the letter A, and as having a circular metallic plate, a, riveted toitsouter surface, the rivets which secure this plate extending through a twin-plate, b, applied to the inner or oppositeside of the curtain, and serve to hold both plates seclrely Yto 'the curtain.

' These plates` have each an eyeor hole, c, formed in their lower part, and opposite each other, a similar ,eye

being made through the curtain', and in alignment with those of the plates.

These holes are for reception of a horizontal pin or stud, d, which is fixed to and extends outwardly yfrom one of theposts ofthe fran-1e of the carriage-top, this studhaving a vertical bolt-hole, e, made through it for reception of the lower end of a bolt,f, sliding within an enclosure orlvgroove, g, made ,in the outer. plate a, as

shown in the drawings, the boltbeing furnished with a knob, 7L, for elevating it, and falling by'itsown gravity into the hole e. i

The action ofthe above-described devie,owing to its extreme simplicity, will manifest tself'toevery one. The curtain is pulled down and slipped over the stud in the ordinary way, when the bolt drops into the hole in the-stud c Z, and secures izhecurtainin place against any'contingency.- l

The metallic plates, as before observed, form a perfect protection to the curtain again-st wearer fracture. I `elairn as myinvention, and desire to securelby Letters Patent ofthe UnitedStates, as follows: The improved device beforedescribed, for fastening the curtains of wheeled vehicles, consisting of the two perforated plates,a and b, riveted to opposite sides of the curtain, as represented, and with vthe outer one provided with a locking-bolt, for lockinginto the stud-CZ, the whole beingin manner and to operateas before described.' i

HENRY E` POND.

.Witnesses FRED. Gunrrs, EDWARD GRIFFITH. 

